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Gold Medals of Memory
HE BEGAN AS A BASKETBALL PLAYER IN THE PENTAGON IN MILAN AND THEN MOVED TO MILAN BASKETBALL AND BECOME A COACH, MAINLY WORKING WITH YOUNG PEOPLE. HE WAS OWNED FOR THE BIRTH OF THE POLIPOSPORTIVA INSIDE THE SAN CARLO COLLEGE AND THE OLIMPIA CENTER OF THE MAURI MIDDLE SCHOOL, WHERE HE TEACHED. AN IMPORTANT EDUCATIONAL FIGURE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE, HE KNEW HOW TO BE A POINT OF REFERENCE AND A RESPECTED TEACHER OF LIFE, AS WELL AS SPORT. HE HAS GENEROUSLY DEDICATED HIMSELF TO THE SPREADING OF SPORTS PRACTICE. A MAN OF GREAT STRENGTH OF SPIRIT, DESPITE THE TRAGEDIES OF LIFE, HE KNEW HOW TO SPREAD POSITIVITY AND VALUES. MORE THAN TWO THOUSAND PEOPLE CAME TO HIS FAREWELL TO SAY THEIR LAST GREETINGS.
A RENOWN JURIST, ADMINISTRATIVE LAWYER EXPERT IN URBAN PLANNING, BUILDING AND ENVIRONMENTAL LAW, HE CONTRIBUTED TO THE DRAFTING OF THE VERGA HOUSING LAW IN 1986 AND THE NEW URBAN PLANNING LAW OF THE LOMBARDY REGION FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF THE TERRITORY IN 2005. AS PRESIDENT OF THE ATTILIO FOUNDATION AND TERESA CASSONI , WAS THE "FATHER" OF THE BARONA VILLAGE, IN THE SOUTHERN OUTSKIRTS OF MILAN. HIS EXPERTISE AND HUMANITY HAVE MADE POSSIBLE THE BIRTH, IN DECEMBER 2003, OF A TRUE CITY OF SOLIDARITY, CHARACTERIZED BY SOCIAL ASSISTANCE AND RESIDENCE SERVICES, COMMERCIAL AND ARTISAN BUSINESSES, SPACES FOR LEISURE AND CULTURE: ONE POINT OF REFERENCE NOT ONLY FOR ELDERLY, STUDENTS, DISABLED PEOPLE AND SINGLE MOTHERS, BUT FOR ALL THE INHABITANTS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
Great Gold Medals
«IN THE CENTENARY SEASON, INTER IS ONCE AGAIN CELEBRATED BY MILAN AND IN THE WORLD FOR ITS GLORIOUS HISTORY AND ITS EXTRAORDINARY SUCCESS. SOLIDLY LINKED TO THE CITY, BUT INTERNATIONAL IN THE WAY OF EXPERIENCE FOOTBALL, IT HAS BROUGHT HONOR AND FAME TO THE AMBROSIANA COMMUNITY, THROUGH ITS PRESTIGIOUS COMPETITIVE RESULTS AND THE CONSTANT TRANSMISSION OF THE ETHICAL PRINCIPLES OF LOYALTY, CORRECTNESS, TRANSPARENCY, SPORTSMANSHIP, PARTICULARLY TO THE NEW GE NERATIONS. HE BROUGHT THE IMAGE AND SOUL OF MILAN TO THE WORLD: THE FIRST TEAM TO OPEN UP TO CULTURES AND PROFESSIONALISM ABROAD, THEY HAD THE ABILITY TO PUT THEMSELVES AT THE SERVICE OF POOR SOCIES IN MANY COUNTRIES OF THE PLANET WITH THE CONSTRUCTION OF INTER CAMPUSES. THE ONLY ITALIAN TEAM TO HAVE ALWAYS COMPETITIONED IN THE HIGHEST CATEGORY, IT WAS THE FIRST TO WIN THE SINGLE GROUP CHAMPIONSHIP (1909-1910), THE SERIE A CHAMPIONSHIP (1929-1930) AND THE INTERCONTINENTAL CUP (1964). IN 1988-1989 AND 2006-2007 HE SET ALMOST ALL THE ABSOLUTE RECORDS FOR THE 18 AND 20 TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS".
PROFESSOR OF BIBLICAL EXEGESIS AT THE THEOLOGICAL FACULTY OF NORTHERN ITALY AND MEMBER OF THE PONTIFICAL BIBLICAL COMMISSION, HE IS AMONG THE MOST KNOWN AND DEEP KNOWLEDGE OF THE SACRED SCRIPTURES. A FINE BIBLICAL AND HEBRAIST, HE WROTE NUMEROUS WORKS OF COMMENTARY ON THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS AND IS A SUCCESSFUL AUTHOR OF RELIGIOUS BOOKS. THANKS TO A FASCINATING MAGNETISM OF THE WORD, BY VIRTUE OF A VAST CULTURE AND EXTRAORDINARY LANGUAGE KNOWLEDGE, HE HAS GAINED THE INTEREST OF A LARGE HETEROGENEOUS PUBLIC, CONTRIBUTING TO THE DIALOGUE BETWEEN LAY PEOPLE AND BELIEVERS. A TRANSVERSAL SUCCESS, WHICH ALSO REACHED TELEVISION SPECTATORS, THANKS TO RELIGIOUS DISSEMINATION PROGRAMS. FOR EIGHTEEN YEARS HE WAS PREFECT OF THE AMBROSIANA LIBRARY, FOUNDED BY CARDINAL FEDERICO BORROMEO, BEFORE BEING CALLED TO THE VATICAN BY POPE BENEDICT XVI, WHO APPOINTED HIM PRESIDENT OF THE PONTIFICAL COUNCIL FOR CULTURE AND CONSECRATED HIM BISHOP IN ST. PETER'S BASILICA. FROM THE PONTIFF, IN 2007, HE ALSO HAD THE CHARGE OF THE MEDITATIONS OF THE TRADITIONAL VIA CRUCIS.
Gold Medals
AN ATTENTIVE AND SENSITIVE WITNESS OF TODAY'S ITALY IN ALL ITS SHADES, HE KNOWS OBSERVING AND REPORTING THE EVOLUTION OF NATIONAL COSTUME WITH ACUMENCY AND IRONY, TAKING PARTICULAR INTEREST IN WOMEN'S ISSUES. A FILM, FASHION AND ENTERTAINMENT CRITIC, SHE IS ALSO THE AUTHOR OF BOOKS PARTICULARLY APPRECIATED BY READERS FOR THEIR DIRECT AND WITNESS STYLE, ENHANCED BY THE ABILITY TO EXPRESS A PERSONAL AND NON-CONFORMIST POINT OF VIEW. YOUNG JOURNALIST OF THE NIGHT, CORRESPONDENT OF THE DAY, EDITOR SINCE THE EARLY NINETY'S OF THE SUCCESSFUL COLUMN "MATTERS OF THE HEART" ON THE WEEKLY ON FRIDAY, SHE IS A HISTORIC SIGNATURE OF REPUBBLICA, WITH WHICH HE HAS COLLABORATED SINCE THE FOUNDATION. SHE WAS THE FIRST WOMAN TO WIN THE “È GIORNALISM” AWARD, FOUNDED BY GIANCARLO ANERI AND AWARDED BY THE FATHERS OF THE PROFESSION, SUCH AS BIAGI, BOCCA, MONTANELLI.
SHE IS CALLED “THE BIG MOM”. BORN IN NEMI, IN THE PROVINCE OF ROME, SHE MARRIED AT A VERY YOUNG TIME TO THE ONE WHO IN MILAN WAS DEFINED AS "THE DOCTOR OF THE POOR", BECAUSE, AFTER WORKING HOURS, SHE WENT HOUSE TO HOUSE TO THOSE WHO COULDN'T AFFORD A MEDICAL EXAMINATION. “THE FIRST CHILDREN THAT FATE GAVE ME”, STATED AUGUSTA MARIANECCI MICHELI, “WERE THE PATIENTS OF DOCTOR PIERO MICHELI, MY HUSBAND”. HE HELPED AN ARMY OF THREE THOUSAND “SONS”. SHE HAS BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR THE RESTORATION OF THE CHURCH OF SAN MARCO IN MILAN, WHERE FOR 21 YEARS SHE HAS ORGANIZED THE MOST IMPORTANT CITY CHARITY MARKET IN DECEMBER AND WHERE, IN 1985, SHE MOVED THE HEADQUARTERS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF THE THIRD AGE. IT IS ALSO DEDICATED TO THE PROTECTION OF CHILDREN AND TO ASSISTANCE TO THE INMATES OF SANVITTORE, CONTRIBUTING TO SPREAD THE VOLUNTEER COMMITMENT AT ALL LEVELS.
PAOLA BANONE HAS BEEN WORKING FOR 16 YEARS AT THE SERVICE OF THE MILAN PEOPLE WHO BELONG TO THE WEAKEREST AND OFTEN MARGINALIZED SEGMENTS. PRESIDENT OF NUMEROUS ASSOCIATIONS CREATED WITH THE PURPOSE OF HELPING PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES TO DEAL WITH EVERYDAY LIFE, SHE HAS ALWAYS BEEN ENGAGED IN NON-PROFITS. HE FOUNDED “VIAGIATORI DELL'ANIA, OF WHICH HE IS THE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR. DISABLED PEOPLE SHOULD NOT CLOSE THEMSELVES, BUT PARTICIPATE LIKE EVERYONE ELSE IN THE LIFE OF THE COMMUNITY: WITH THIS BELIEF LAST YEAR HE CREATED "DREAMTIME", THE INTERNATIONAL DANCE FESTIVAL FOR ARTISTS WITH OR WITHOUT DISABILITIES.
“AN EFFECTIVE INTERPRETER AND EXAMPLE OF THE MILAN MODEL OF FEMALE ENTREPRENEURSHIP, SHE FOUNDED DIDAEL, THE FIRST ITALIAN WEB KNOWLEDGE COMPANY, IN 1983. HIS COMMITMENT TO SUPPORT WOMEN IS STRONG, WHICH HAS TAKEN PLACE IN THE CREATION OF A SERIES OF PROJECTS AIMED AT REDUCING THE GAP BETWEEN MALE AND FEMALE POPULATIONS AMONG INTERNET USERS. ENGAGED IN SOCIAL WORK, GIANNA MARTINENGO HAS CARRIED OUT A PASSIONATE ACTIVITY OF RESEARCH AND EXPERIMENTATION OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES FOR TEACHING FOR CHILDREN WITH LEARNING DIFFICULTIES, PRISONER, DISABLED PEOPLE AND IMMIGRANTS. FROM 2002 TO 30 MARCH 2007 SHE WAS A COUNCILOR OF THE MILAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
EDITOR OF INTERNI MAGAZINE SINCE 1994, HE HAS MADE THE PRESTIGIOUS MONTHLY OF ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN ONE OF THE MOST AUTHORITATIVE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATION TOOLS IN THE SECTOR. SHE IS THE CREATOR OF THE “OUT OF THE SALONE” EVENT, WHICH TAKES PLACE AT THE SAME TIME AS THE FURNITURE FAIR. HIS ABILITY TO ANTICIPATE TRENDS AND BE AHEAD OF THE TIMES MAKES HIS IDEAS A SOURCE OF INSPIRATION FOR THE MAJOR EXPERTS IN THE SECTOR. IT HAS GIVEN LIFE TO SPECTACULAR EVENTS, WHICH INVOLVE MILAN CITIZENS AND ATTRACT AN INTERNATIONAL AUDIENCE.
“THINK TODAY ABOUT TOMORROW'S HEALTH”. IT IS WITH THIS AWARENESS THAT FRANCESCA MERZAGORA HAS ALWAYS DEDICATED herself TO PROJECTS CAPABLE OF IMPROVING THE WELL-BEING OF WOMEN. A MISSION LIVED WITH COMPETENCE, GENEROSITY AND DENIAL, THROUGH A DAILY DIALOGUE WITH THE FEMALE POPULATION, INSTITUTIONS, DOCTORS AND RESEARCHERS, THE BUSINESS WORLD, UNIVERSITIES AND SCHOOLS, TO SPREAD INFORMATION AND KNOWLEDGE: FROM THE FIRST INTERACTIVE EXHIBITION IN EUROPE “WOMEN IN HEALTH”, HOSTED IN MILAN, WITH THE PINK STICKER FOR ITALIAN HOSPITALS. FOUNDER AND PRESIDENT OF ONDA, THE NATIONAL OBSERVATORY ON WOMEN'S HEALTH, SHE DIRECTED THE EUROPA DONNA ASSOCIATION FOR YEARS, BRINGING IT TO LEVELS OF EXCELLENCE IN RAISING CITIZENS AWARENESS OF THE PROBLEM OF BREAST CANCER. SHE RECEIVED THE BELLISARIO “DONNA E SALUTE” AWARD IN 2005.
“LIVELY PEN OF ITALIAN JOURNALISM, HE ANALYZED THE YEARS OF '68 AND THE PROTECTION, AS WELL AS THE DRAMATIC YEARS OF TERRORISM AND POLITICAL VIOLENCE WITH TWO EXTRAORDINARY ESSAYS: “TEN YEARS OF ILLUSION, HISTORY OF SIXTY-EIGHT” AND “THE ESKIMO IN THE EDITORIAL OFFICE ”. A FIGURE VERY CLOSE TO MILAN, WHERE HE HAS ALWAYS WORKED, FIRST AT CORRIERE DELLA SERA, THEN AT LIBERO E AL GIORNALE, WHERE TODAY HE IS DEPUTY EDITOR, REPRESENTS A VALID EXAMPLE OF SCRUPOLOSOUS, COURAGEOUS AND BALANCED JOURNALISM. EDITOR OF INDRO MONTANELLI'S LATEST BOOK, “LE NUOVE STANZE”, HE ALSO WROTE WITH THE MILAN JOURNALIST THE SECOND PART OF THE LATEST EDITION OF “IL GENERALE DELLA ROVERE”.
«FOR HER, FASHION IS A SET OF EMOTIONS AND CULTURAL INFLUENCES. HE REVISITED THE PAST, ANTICIPATING THE FUTURE. SEDUCTION, CHARM, VITALITY AND IRONY CHARACTERIZE HIS CREATIONS. SHE IS A SMALL, SWEET AND ENERGETIC WOMAN, BUT ALSO MODERN, SENSUAL AND JOYFUL. A MOME, HIS, WHICH HAS BEEN ABLE TO CONQUER THE WORLD OF STYLE, WITH CLOTHES AND ACCESSORIES CONSIDERED TRUE OBJECTS OF CULT. IN 1977, WITH HER HUSBAND GIANPAOLO TARABINI, SHE FOUNDED BLUMARINE, WHICH DEBUT IN 1981 IN MILAN, IN THE SPACE OF VIA MANZONI, WITH A SHOW WITH AN INTERNATIONAL RESPECT AND HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL. IN 1990 HE OPENED A STORE IN VIA DELLA SPIGA THAT REFLECTS HIS UNMISTAKABLE STYLE AND IN 1999 A NEW POINT OF REFERENCE FOR MILAN AND INTERNATIONAL FASHION IN THE PASSARELLA GALLERY".
ADELPHI'S INTELLECTUAL SOUL, HE PARTICIPATED IN HIS FOUNDATION AT A VERY YOUNG TIME TOGETHER WITH THE GROUP HEADED BY ROBERTO BAZLEN AND LUCIANO FOÀ. AFTER GRADUATING IN ENGLISH LITERATURE WITH MARIO PRAZ, IN 1971 HE BECAME EDITORIAL DIRECTOR OF THE PRESTIGIOUS PUBLISHING HOUSE AND IN 1999 PRESIDENT. AN ESSAYIST AND NARRATOR, HE HAS CONSTITUTED A LITERARY «UNICUM» FOR DECADES. FROM THE ACCLAIMED «THE WEDDING OF CADMO AND HARMONIA», TRANSLATED INTO TWENTY-THREE LANGUAGES, UP TO THE RECENT «ROSA TIEPOLO», HE HAS INVESTIGED THE HIDDEN AND MISUNDERSTOOD ASPECTS OF THE MYTH, DEMONSTRATING ITS MODERNITY. HE HAS BUILT A LITERARY CATALOG WITH AUTHORS AND THEMES AGAINST THE CURRENCY, CHALLENGING EDITORIAL HOMOGENEITY, LIKE A SECULAR MISSIONARY OF THOUGHT.
IN STUDY, TEACHING AND CIVIL COMMITMENT, PROFESSOR VALERIO ONIDA IS A POINT OF REFERENCE FOR THE NEW GENERATIONS. HIS PROFESSIONAL SUCCESSES ARE COUNTLESS: JUDGE OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL COURT AND THEN ITS PRESIDENT, TEACHER OF CONSTITUTIONAL LAW AT THE FACULTY OF LAW OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF MILAN AND AUTHOR OF WELL-KNOWN TEXTS. AT THE HEIGHT OF SUCCESS, PROFESSOR ONIDA HAS A FEW YEARS DECIDED TO RELEVANTLY ENGAGE AS A VOLUNTEER IN THE BOLLATE PENALTY INSTITUTE, MAKING HIS EXPERIENCE AND COMPETENCE ON THE MATTER OF RIGHTS AVAILABLE TO INMATES. AN EXEMPLARY LIFE DEDICATED TO THE STUDY AND DEFENSE OF THE VALUES OF THE CONSTITUTION AND DEMOCRACY.
A SUCCESSFUL SINGER IN THE SIXTY YEARS, HIS INTERPRETATION IN SANREMO OF THE FAMOUS SONG "NO NOBODY MI CAN JUDGE" REMAINED IN THE HISTORY OF MUSIC. SHE CREATED A STYLE: THE “GOLDEN HELMET”, INVENTED FOR HER BY THE MILAN HAIRDRESSERS VERGOTTINI, MARKED THE YOUTH FASHION OF THE YEARS OF THE ECONOMIC BOOM. SHE THEN DEDICATED TO THE ACTIVITY OF A RECORD PRODUCER AND ENTREPRENEUR, GIVING LIFE TO THE SUGAR BRAND. HE HAS DISCOVERED AND ENHANCED THE TALENT OF MANY YOUNG PEOPLE, ALSO ENGAGED IN THE FIGHT AGAINST PIRACY AND THE ILLEGAL SPREAD OF MUSIC.
HE IS ONE OF THE FATHERS OF ITALIAN DIABETOLOGY. FROM MILAN, GRADUATED IN MEDICINE AND SURGERY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MILAN AT 23, FREELANCE TEACHER AT 31 AND WITH LONG WORK EXPERIENCE AT THE CHICAGO MEDICAL SCHOOL. GUIDO POZZA HAS CARRIED OUT AND CARRIES OUT A MULTIFORM ACTIVITY AS A CLINICIAN, RESEARCHER, UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR AND MANAGER OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH. ALREADY PRESIDENT OF THE ITALIAN SOCIETY OF DIABETOLOGY AND OF THE FEDERATION OF MEDICAL SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES, HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE DIRECTIVE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN SOCIETY OF DIABETOLOGY AND OF THE SUPERIOR HEALTH COUNCIL. POZZA FIRST SPOKE ABOUT DIABETES AS A MANAGEABLE DISEASE, PROMOTING A CULTURE OF PREVENTION AND CORRECT LIFESTYLES.
THEY ARE THE HOSTS OF ONE OF RAI'S MOST LOVED RADIO TRANSMISSIONS. CATERPILAR HAS REVENED TO BE ONE OF THE BEST PRODUCTS FROM THE MILAN PRODUCTION CENTER OF THE LAST DECADE, CONQUERING MORE THAN ONE MILLION LISTENERS EVERY DAY. SATIRE, INFORMATION AND CURRENT AFFAIRS PROGRAM, ABLE TO RAISE PUBLIC AWARENESS ON TOPICS RANGING FROM CULTURE TO POLITICS, FROM ECONOMY TO THE ENVIRONMENT. THANKS TO CIRRI AND SOLIBELLO, THE NATIONAL ENERGY SAVING DAY, ENTITLED "M'ILLUMINO DI MENO", HAS BEEN THE MOST IMPORTANT CAMPAIGN ON A WORLD SCALE, SO MUCH AS IT REPRESENTS A MODEL TO BE EXPORTED, WITH ITALY LEADER FOR THE SALVATION OF PLANET.
PROFESSOR ANGELO PROVASOLI IS ONE OF THE MOST APPRECIATED AND AUTHORITATIVE TEACHERS AND EXPERTS IN ECONOMIC SUBJECTS EVEN OUTSIDE NATIONAL BORDERS. RECTOR OF THE PRESTIGIOUS "LUIGI BOCCONI" UNIVERSITY OF MILAN, AFTER HAVING LEAD THE UNIVERSITIES OF CATANIA AND BERGAMO, HE ALSO BOASTS THE POSITION OF PRESIDENT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE ITALIAN ACCOUNTING BODY AND ORDINARY MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF BUSINESS ECONOMICS. HIS CONTRIBUTION TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF CORPORATE CULTURE AND ECONOMIC SCIENCES HAS RENEWED MILAN'S ROLE AT AN INTERNATIONAL LEVEL AS A CITY OF REFERENCE FOR UNIVERSITY STUDIES AND POST-UNIVERSITY IMPROVEMENT.
HE WAS AWARDED THE INTERNATIONAL GOLD MEDAL FOR CULTURE MERIT AWARD IN 2000. A WRITER, HE PUBLISHED HIS FIRST BOOK “I PIUI NON RETORNANO” IN 1947, A NARRATIVE OF THE TERRIBLE DAYS OF THE ITALIAN SOLDIERS' RETREAT TO RUSSIA, DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR . SINCE 1951 HE HAS DEDICATED HIMSELF, WITH THE RUSSIAN EXPERIENCE, TO A HISTORICAL STUDY ON COMMUNISM, THE FRUIT OF WHICH WILL BE “TRAGEDY. TRIAL AND DEATH OF STALIN”, REPRESENTED FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 1962. AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SEVENTIES HE DECIDED TO ABANDON HIS FATHER'S INDUSTRY, WHICH HAD CONTINUED UNTIL THEN, AND TO DEDICATE HIMSELF COMPLETELY TO WRITING. HE BEGINS TO PREPARE THE WRITE-UP OF "THE RED HORSE" WHICH TAKES HIM ELEVEN YEARS AND IS PUBLISHED IN 1983. FROM THE EVENTS OF THE WAR OF LIBERATION "THE LAST SOLDIERS OF THE KING" IS BORN, WHICH IS FINISHED AND PUBLISHED IN 1994.
HE MADE PROGRAMS THAT MADE THE HISTORY OF TELEVISION. FOR 20 YEARS HE HAS BEEN THE CREATOR OF STRISCIA LA NOTIZIA, THE SATIRICAL NEWS THAT COMBINES POLITICAL PARODY AND IN-DEPTH SOCIAL ISSUES. THANKS TO HISTORIC HOSTS, SUCH AS EZIO GREGGIO OR ENZO IACCHETTI, AND BRILLIANT REPORTERS, SUCH AS VALERIO STAFFELLI, FABIO AND MINGO, IL GABIBBO AND JIMMY GHIONE, THE PROGRAM HAS GAINED MORE AND MORE APPROVAL AND VIEWERS, BECOMING A FIXED APPOINTMENT FOR MILLIONS OF FAMILIES. STRICIA LA NOTIZIA WON THE ITALIAN DIRECTING AWARD IN THE “TOP TEN” CATEGORY IN 2007 AND THE TELEVISION DIRECTING AWARD “BEST PROGRAM EVER”; IT IS ALSO A CONSISTENT WINNER OF THE TELEGATTO, THE INTERNATIONAL TV GRAND PRIZE.
HE HAS DEDICATED HIMSELF WITH ALL HIMSELF TO THE CARE OF ELDERLY PEOPLE AFFECTED BY SERIOUS ILLNESSES. A GRADUATE IN MEDICINE AND SURGERY FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF MILAN, HE IS THE PRIMARY ONCO-GERIATRICIAN, WITH THE ROLE OF DIRECTOR OF A COMPLEX OPERATIONAL UNIT, AT THE PIO ALBERGO TRIVULZIO GERIATRIC INSTITUTE. IN 2004 HE WAS AWARDED THE GOLD MEDAL "FOR MERIT OF PUBLIC HEALTH" BY THE THEN PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC, CARLO AZEGLIO CIAMPI. IN 2005, BY DECREE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC, HE WAS APPOINTED COMMANDER "ON THE MERIT OF THE ITALIAN REPUBLIC". DARIO COVA IS A DOCTOR WHO UNDERSTOOD HIS PROFESSION AS A TRUE MISSION.
HIS NAME IS LINKED TO AN INTENSE AND VERSATILE ACTIVITY AS A JURIST, JOURNALIST AND WRITER. BORN IN MILAN IN 1937, RIVOLTA IS A FULL PROFESSOR OF COMMERCIAL LAW AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MILAN AND HAS DEDICATED COLLABORATED WITH THE MAGAZINE "CIVILTA AMBROSIANA", EDITING THE "ELZEVIRO" COLUMN FOR FIFTEEN YEARS. In his articles and books he has been able to recall authentic moments of Lombard life, in a period of time ranging from the late '800 to the late 900s, building an overall picture of our civilization in its multiple aspects and in its different dimensions in rapid transformation. HIS WORK CONSTITUTES A VALID MODEL FOR THE RIGOR OF METHOD, THE SYSTEMATIC VISION, THE CLEARNESS OF LANGUAGE, THE ACUTENESS OF INTERPRETATIVE SOLUTIONS.
SARDINIAN FROM ARDAULI AND MILAN BY ADOPTION, TEACHER OF HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY AT THE 'SALVADOR ALLENDE' SCIENTIFIC HIGH SCHOOL, HEAD OF THE SCHOOL SECTOR OF THE BIOETHICS CONSULTATION OF MILAN, GIUSEPPE DEIANA IS ONE OF THE MAJOR ITALIAN SCHOLARS ON EDUCATION PROBLEMS. AUTHOR OF NUMEROUS PUBLICATIONS, OVER A DECADE HE HAS BUILT IN MILAN, WITH THE COLLABORATION OF STUDENTS, SOME EXPERIMENTAL PROJECTS OF INTERNATIONAL RELEVANCE FOR THE RECOVERY OF HISTORICAL MEMORY AND THE ETHICAL-CIVIL FUNCTION OF SCHOOL. AMONG ALL, THE PROJECT CALLED “THE CITY IN SPACE AND TIME. FOR A NEW ROOT IN THE GLOBALIZED CITY”, REFERRING TO THE CITY OF MILAN AND BASED IN PARTICULAR ON THREE ASPECTS: THE FACTORY SYSTEM AND WORKER CULTURE IN THE INDUSTRIAL CAPITAL OF MILAN; MILAN CAPITAL OF THE RESISTANCE; MILAN AGRICULTURAL CAPITAL: THE FARM SYSTEM AND ENVIRONMENTAL ASSETS.
HEAD OF THE AUXOLOGY AND METABOLIC DISEASES DIVISION, DIRECTOR OF THE EXPERIMENTAL LABORATORY FOR AUXOENDOCRINOLOGICAL RESEARCH OF THE AUXOLOGICAL INSTITUTE, IRCCS OF MILAN AND PIANCAVALLO, HE HAS STAND OUT FOR HIS PASSIONATE COMMITMENT TO IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF MINORS AND PROMOTING A CULTURE OF CHILDHOOD . A GRADUATE IN MEDICINE AND SURGERY, HE IS THE AUTHOR OF NUMEROUS SCIENTIFIC WORKS AND NUMEROUS BOOKS IN THE AUXO – ENDOCRINOLOGICAL FIELD. MEMBER OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE ITALIAN SOCIETY OF AUXOLOGY AND OF NUMEROUS NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES, HE IS A PROFESSOR OF SOCIAL MEDICINE AT THE DEGREE COURSE IN SOCIAL SERVICES OF THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF THE SACRO CUORE OF MILAN.
THIRTY-FOUR YEAR OLD, BORN IN THE PROVINCE OF ENNA, PASQUALINO DI CARLO, AN ATM DRIVER SINCE 1999, WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED BY A STAB LAST MAY IN AN ATTEMPT TO DEFEND A WOMAN DURING AN ASSAULT IN VIALE ABRUZZI. DI CARLO DID NOT HESITATE TO STEP BETWEEN VICTIM AND AGGRESSOR. THE SHOT SEVERED AN ARTERY AND ONLY THE PROMPT INTERVENTION OF THE RESCUERS AND DOCTORS SAVED HIS LIFE. THE ENTIRE CITY CAN BE RECOGNIZED IN HIS GESTURE OF GREAT COURAGE. A CONTEMPORARY HERO WHOSE ALTRUISM IS A MODEL FOR ALL.
A JOURNALIST FOR THE CORRIERE DELLA SERA, HE IS A NATIONAL POINT OF REFERENCE IN INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM. ANIMATED BY GREAT PASSION, HE HAS MANAGED TO ESTABLISH WITH THE COURIER'S READERS A RELATIONSHIP OF TRUST AND SHARING OF PROBLEMS RELATED TO THE CITY, SUGGESTING SOLUTIONS, OFTEN PROVIDING THE KEY TO READ THE MOST INTIME SOUL OF MILAN AND THE MILAN PEOPLE. GIANGIACOMO SCHIAVI HAS ACCOMPANIED HIS JOURNALISTIC COMMITMENT WITH AN INTENSE ACTIVITY AS A WRITER, WHICH OVER THE YEARS HAS LED HIM TO DEAL WITH CROSS-VERSAL THEMES AND EXPERIENCES. THE CULTURE OF JOURNALISM EXPERIENCED AT THE FRONTLINE HAS RECENTLY PUSHED HIM TO CREATE AND ACTIVELY PARTICIPATE IN AN INITIATIVE THAT HAS ACHIEVED CONSIDERABLE SUCCESS IN MILAN: "INSIDE YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD", A JOURNEY TO THE MOST SIGNIFICANT AREAS OF THE CITY, UNDERTAKEN BY A MOBILE EDITORIAL TEAM OF THE COURIER AVAILABLE TO CITIZENS.
VERY MILAN. GREAT PASSIONATE ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THIS CITY. JOURNALIST AND WRITER. HE HAS MADE AND CONTINUES TO MAKE AN IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTION TO THE MAINTENANCE AND DISSEMINATION OF MILAN CUSTOMS. FOR OVER TWENTY YEARS SHE HAS BEEN AUTHOR AND HOST OF BROADCASTS FOR MENEGHINA RADIO. FROM THE MICROPHONES OF THE HISTORIC RADIO STATION HE TOLD ABOUT THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE MADE THE LOMBARDY CAPITAL GREAT IN VARIOUS PROFESSIONAL AND ARTISTIC FIELDS. HE IS PART OF THE JURY THAT CHOOSES THE TWO WINNERS OF THE "CALO PORTA AWARD", THE AWARD DEDICATED TO THE MILANIANS WHO HAVE HONORED THE CITY AND ITS MOST SIGNIFICANT TRADITIONS. HE HAS WRITTEN SEVERAL BOOKS INCLUDING "STORIES OF MILAN", A PATH THAT EXPLORES THE NINE AREAS OF THE CITY FROM THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY TO THE LAST CENTURY. THE LATEST WAS RELEASED LAST MARCH, “THE IRON LADY”, A NOVEL DEDICATED TO THE LOMBARD QUEEN THEODOLINDA.
PARTISAN, POLITICIAN, JOURNALIST, WRITER AND POET. HE DEDICATED HIS LIFE TO MILAN AND TO ITS CIVIL GROWTH. A MILITANT OF THE "JUSTICE AND FREEDOM" FORMATIONS, HE WAS A PROTAGONIST OF THE RESISTANCE AND PARTICIPATED IN THE LIBERATION OF MILAN. HE IS A NATIONAL AND PROVINCIAL MEMBER OF ANPI. AS A JOURNALIST HE HAS WORKED FOR NUMEROUS POLITICAL AND TRADE PUBLICATIONS AND MAGAZINES, IN MANY CASES IN THE ROLE OF DIRECTOR. IN HIS POLITICAL CAREER HE WAS COUNCILOR OF THE PROVINCE OF MILAN AND ZONE COUNCILOR, ALSO HOLDING IMPORTANT POSITIONS IN PUBLIC STRUCTURES. HIS ARTISTIC SENSITIVITY HAS TRANSLATED INTO NOVELS AND COLLECTIONS OF POEMS WHICH HAVE MILAN AS THE BACKGROUND AND WHICH TESTIFY HIS SOCIAL COMMITMENT.
«AN ESSAYIST, THEATER AUTHOR, EDITORIALIST AND CURATOR OF CULTURAL REVIEWS, HE HAS MADE MILAN, IN RECENT YEARS, THE CENTER OF A SERIES OF EVENTS THAT COMBINE POPULAR PARTICIPATION AND QUALITY OF CONTENT. IN 2002 HE RECEIVED THE SPECIAL CENACLE PUBLISHING AND INNOVATION AWARD AND THIS YEAR THE PAUL HARRIS FELLOW FROM THE ROTARY FOUNDATION IN A SIGN OF APPRECIATION FOR HIS CONTRIBUTION TO DIALOGUE BETWEEN PEOPLES. HE CREATED AN EDITORIAL SERIES DEDICATED TO THE ENHANCEMENT OF THE HISTORICAL AND ARTISTIC IMAGE OF MILAN."
WITH WILL AND DISCRETION SISTER CESARINA VILLA WORKS DAILY FOR INTEGRATION. A SALESIAN, SHE IS ENGAGED IN HELPING NON-EU FAMILIES, ESPECIALLY AFRICAN, TO FIT INTO OUR CITY, DIRECTING THEM TO WORK AND STUDIES. She LOVES SPORT, WORK, SHARING EXPERIENCES AND VALUES IN THE LIFE OF THE COMMUNITY. SISTER CESARINA ADDRESSES MEN AND WOMEN FROM EVERY PART OF THE WORLD TO THESE PRINCIPLES. SHE IS LOVED AND RESPECTED BY ALL, CATHOLICS, ORTHODOX, MUSLIMS, WHO PUT TOLERANCE AND SOLIDAIRITY INTO PRACTICE WITH HER.
MILANESE. PRESENCE OF THE FIRST PLACE IN THE PANORAMA OF CONTEMPORARY ITALIAN POETRY. TEACHES AT THE NEW ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS. HIS VERSES AND INTERPRETATIVE ESSAYS HAVE APPEARED IN THE MOST IMPORTANT ITALIAN MAGAZINES AND IN MANY FOREIGN ANTHOGIES. HE HAD A DREAM: LIKE PARIS AND NEW YORK, MILAN TOO HAD TO HAVE A PLACE DEDICATED TO POETRY. HIS DREAM HAS BECOME TRUE: TOGETHER WITH THE MOST KNOWN POETS OF MILAN HE FOUNDED THE HOUSE OF POETRY, OF WHICH HE IS PRESIDENT. AN INSTITUTION WHICH, FOR MORE THAN TWO YEARS, HAS BEEN A POINT OF REFERENCE FOR THE PROMOTION OF POETRY CULTURE. THE “HOUSE” HAS HOSTED ITALIAN AND INTERNATIONAL POETS, SACRED MONSTERS AND UNKNOWN NEWBORNS, SUPPORTING AND ENHANCEING YOUNG PEOPLE.
HE CHOSE MILAN AFTER THE WAR TO START HIS ENTREPRENEURSHIP. WITH FEW RESOURCES HE FOUNDED IGV, A SMALL COMPANY SPECIALIZING IN ELEVATOR COMPONENTS. THANKS TO HIS COMMITMENT, HIS WORK AND HIS ABILITY AS AN ENTREPRENEUR, HE HAS MANAGED TO GROW HIS COMPANY AND CREATE HUNDREDS OF JOBS. FULL OF IDEAS AND PARTICULARLY ACTIVE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF PATENTS AND NEW PRODUCTS, HE WAS AMONG THE FOUNDERS OF ANICA, THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF INDUSTRIES IN THE SECTOR, WHERE HE HOLDS THE POSITION OF HONORARY PRESIDENT. HE HAS PLACED SOLIDARITY AT THE BASIS OF HIS WORK, DEDICATING HIMSELF TO PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, BOTH BY CHOOSING THEM AS TESTIMONIALS FOR HIS ACTIVITY AND BY SUPPORTING THE ACTIVITY OF MANY ITALIAN ATHLETES AT THE PARAOLYMPICS.
Certificates of Civic Merit
SINCE 1987 THE “FRIENDS OF DON PALAZZOLO” ASSOCIATION HAS WORKED WITH PASSION AND DEDICATION, ENSURE EVERY DAY TO THE MOST NEEDED CONCRETE SUPPORT AND HUMAN WARMTH TO DEAL WITH SUFFERING, MARGINATION AND SOLITUDE. THE VOLUNTEERS ARE INSPIRED BY THE CHARISMA OF THE BLESSED PALAZZOLO, AUTHENTIC FATHER OF LOMBARDY CHARITY. ALL THOSE WHO KNOCKED ON THE DOOR OF DON PALAZZOLO'S FRIENDS OVER THESE TWENTY YEARS HAVE FOUND WILLINGNESS TO LISTEN AND HELP. AN ASSOCIATION THAT HAS DEMONSTRATED AND DEMONSTRATES THE ABILITY TO AFFIRM THE MORAL VALUES OF OUR MILAN.
“THE COMASINA NEIGHBORHOOD COMMITTEE HAS BEEN SOCIALLY ENGAGED IN A DIFFICULT REALITY BUT RICH IN POTENTIAL FOR OVER TWENTY-FIVE YEARS. ITS VOLUNTEERS WORK DAILY TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF THE INHABITANTS, PROMOTING NUMEROUS CULTURAL, SPORTS AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES WHICH RECOVER AND ENHANCE THE HISTORY AND TRADITIONS OF THE TERRITORY. THE ATTENTION IS ABOVE ALL TO YOUNG PEOPLE, TO WHOM THE COMMITTEE OFFERS MOMENTS OF AGGREGATION AND CULTURAL AND SOCIAL GROWTH. “
Established in 2000 with the aim of remembering Myrta Gabardi, who passed away in 1999 at the age of 36, the association founded by her parents aims to promote young talents emerging in music and journalism. FOR THIS PURPOSE THE "INTERNATIONAL MYRTA GABARDI AWARD - A LIFE FOR MUSIC" HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED. MUSIC FOR LIFE” AND THE “JOURNALISM AS A PROFESSION AND MISSION” AWARD. THESE ARE THE SECTORS TO WHICH MYRTA HAS DEDICATED ITS COMMITMENT, TOGETHER WITH THE PASSIONATE ACTIVITY IN VOLUNTEERING AT THE ITALIAN NIONE CIECHI.
IT HAS BEEN ACTIVE FOR OVER 100 YEARS IN NIGUARDA. BORN AS A COOPERATIVE FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF HOUSING FOR THE WORKING CLASS OF THE END OF THE XNUMXTH CENTURY, IT HAS EXPANDED ITS RADIUS OF ACTION OVER TIME. TODAY IT PROVIDES HOME ASSISTANCE AND HOT MEALS TO ELDERLY PEOPLE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD; IT HAS CREATED A WELL-EQUIPPED SOCIALIZATION CENTER FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES. IT HAS BECOME A PLACE OF AGGREGATION FOR MANY SOCIAL REALITIES, FOR WHICH IT REPRESENTS A POINT OF SUPPORT AND AN IDEAL PARTNER. THE CREATION OF THE COOPERATIVE THEATER HAS GIVEN A STRONG IMPULSE TO THE CULTURAL ACTIVITIES OF THE AREA, BECOMING THE BASE FOR THEATRICAL EVENTS AND INITIATIVES OF THE SCHOOLS AND ASSOCIATIONS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD
“FOR THE DAILY COMMITMENT TO THE GUESTS OF NURSING HOMES AND HOSPITALS IN MILAN AND THE PROVINCE. PRESENT IN THE TERRITORY SINCE 1947, MORE THAN 1000 VOLUNTEERS BRING RELIEF TO THOSE WHO EXPERIENCE MOMENTS OF SUFFERING AND SOLITUDE. AN EXAMPLE OF CONSTANT AVAILABILITY AND FREEDOM, OF SIMPLICITY AND HUMILITY; CHARACTERISTICS WHICH, COMBINED WITH THE PROFESSIONALISM OF THE OPERATORS, MAKE THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE VOLUNTEER AND THE ASSISTANT SPECIAL. AFTER 60 YEARS OF ACTIVITY, THE WILL AND STRENGTH TO STAY CLOSE TO THOSE WHO SUFFER IS ALWAYS ALIVE IN THE SAMARITAN UNION. ”
“PASSION, COMMITMENT AND DEDICATION ARE THE WORDS THAT BEST EXPRESS THE ACTIVITY OF LUIGI COTTI, WHO HAS BEEN GUARDIAN OF THE OLDEST AND RENOWNED WINE SHOP IN MILAN FOR OVER FIFTY YEARS. BORN AS A SIMPLE BOTTLE SHOP IN 1901 IN THE HEART OF BRERA, THE COTTI ENOTECA HAS BEEN KNOWABLE TO KEEP ITS COMMITMENT UNALTERED IN SELECTING AND OFFERING THE CITIZENS OF MILAN FIRST AND THEN OF THE WORLD THE EXCELLENCES OF THE NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL WINE LANDSCAPE. A TRUE TEMPLE OF TASTE AND A PRECIOUS TREASURE OF OUR WINE CULTURE, IT IS AN AMBASSADOR OF MILAN IN THE WORLD".
“BORN IN 1999 THANKS TO THE COMMITMENT OF A GROUP OF PATIENTS AND VOLUNTEERS, THE APM PARKINSON LOMBARDIA ONLUS ASSOCIATION HAS AS ITS MAIN PURPOSE THE HELP OF PATIENTS AFFECTED BY PARKINSON'S DISEASE, A CHRONIC ILLNESS WHICH PROGRESSIVELY TAKES AUTONOMY FROM THOSE AFFECTED BY IT . THE ASSOCIATION REPRESENTS A POINT OF REFERENCE FOR ABLE TO CARRY OUT THOSE DAILY ACTIVITIES WHICH BECOME INSURRMONTABLE OBSTACLES FOR SICK PEOPLE AND THEIR FAMILIES. SUPPORT FROM THE ASSOCIATION IS GENEROUS, SERIOUS AND NON-PROFIT, WHICH TRANSLATES INTO INNOVATIVE COURSES IN ART THERAPY, SINGING THERAPY, BIODANZA, ORGANIZATION OF SELF-SUPPORT GROUPS, MEETINGS WITH SPECIALISTS AND CULTURAL AND RECREATIONAL INITIATIVES".
“AN EXAMPLE OF SOCIAL WORK, THE PROSPERO ZANCHI FOUNDATION CONTRIBUTES TO THE CREATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF CULTURAL AND SOCIAL ACTIVITIES IN THE FIELD OF CARE, EDUCATION AND EDUCATION. BORN FROM THE GENEROSITY OF A MILANIAN, TO WHOM IT IS NAMED, THE FOUNDATION TODAY REPRESENTS A POINT OF REFERENCE FOR OVER 5000 PEOPLE, WHO ANNUALLY TURN WITH CONFIDENCE TO THE ASSOCIATIONS HOSTED IN THE NOW WELL-KNOWN BUILDING IN VIA POERIO. IT IS AN ANSWER TO THE CONCRETE NEEDS OF THE AREA AND OF THE WHOLE OF MILAN, A FATHER'S DREAM THAT COMES TRUE THANKS TO THE COMMITMENT OF A DAUGHTER."
BORN IN MILAN 10 YEARS AGO, THE ASSOCIATION FOR CITIZEN SERVICES HAS AS ITS PURPOSE THE RECOGNITION AND SAFEGUARDING OF THE ROLE OF THE ELDERLY AND DISABLED PEOPLE. THE ASSOCIATION, WITHOUT THIRD PARTY FINANCIAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS, TRAINS ITS VOLUNTEERS BY STIMULATING THEIR SENSITIVITY TOWARDS WEAK INDIVIDUALS THROUGH AN IN-DEPTH INTO THE PSYCHOLOGY OF THE ELDERLY AND THE DISABLED, WITH PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO THE DISEASE OF ALZHEIMER. EVERY YEAR IN DECEMBER, THE ASSOCIATION ORGANIZES A LARGE SOCIAL DINNER WITH ITS MEMBERS AND THE PEOPLE TO WHOM IT ASSISTS, SO WE CAN ALL SPEND AN EVENING OF FUN TOGETHER, WITH SHOWS AND CABARET, AND OF SOLIDARITY.
“IT IS ONE OF THE OLDEST ARTISAN AND ENTREPRENEURIAL BUSINESSES IN MILAN. THE TERRACOTTA, MAJOLICA AND CERAMICS OF THE CURTI KILN TESTIMONY THE EVOLUTION OF ART AND STYLE, TELLING THE VERY HISTORY OF OUR CITY. A TRADITION OVER 600 YEARS LONG, WHICH SPENDS THROUGH THE CENTURIES AND IS STUDDED WITH THE MOST IMPORTANT NAMES IN THE ARTISTIC HISTORY OF MILAN, FROM FILARETTE TO THE CONTEMPORARY MASTERS, MESSINA, MANZÙ, THE POMODORO BROTHERS, WHO MODELED THEIR WORKS HERE. AN ARTISAN KNOWLEDGE HANDED DOWN FROM FATHER TO SON, WHICH HAS BECOME SYNONYMOUS WITH MILAN AND ITALIAN CREATIVITY".
THE FREE ASSOCIATION FOR THE INCREASE OF SOCIAL STRUCTURES ONLUS IS MERITORIOUSLY DEDICATED TO THE SEARCH FOR FUNDS TO CARRY OUT INITIATIVES AND PROJECTS FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, THUS EXPANDING THE EXPERIENCE OF THE ELEONORA E LIDIA FOUNDATION RESIDENTIAL CENTER FOR DISABLED PEOPLE. BEING AWARE OF THE PROBLEMS THAT AFFECT DISABLED PEOPLE WHEN THEIR FAMILIES OF ORIGIN CANNOT GUARANTEE THEM THEIR DUE ASSISTANCE, THE LAPISS ASSOCIATION IS COMMITTED WITH GENEROSITY AND TENACITY TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF RESIDENTIAL CENTERS FOR DISABLED PEOPLE WHICH AIM TO ACHIEVE THEM AUTOMY BY THE WEAKEST AND A REAL SOCIAL INTEGRATION.
THE SOCIAL UTILITY ONLUS ORGANIZATION HAS BEEN PRESENT IN MILAN FOR TWENTY YEARS, BUT THE COMMITMENT AND ACTIVITY IN FAVOR OF THE BLIND AND DEAF PEOPLE HAS BEEN PRESENT IN ITALY SINCE 1964 IN OSIMO, IN THE MARCHE REGION. THE AUTHORITY OF THE VOLUNTEERS OF THE LEAGUE DEL FILO D'ORO, IN INTERVENTIONS TO DEVELOP COMMUNICATION SKILLS IN PEOPLE WITH THE ABSENCE OF VERBAL EXPRESSIONS OR MULTIPLE DISABILITIES, HAS MEASURED THAT ITALY HAS ESTABLISHED ITSELF AS ONE OF THE COUNTRIES IN THIS SPECIFIC SECTOR AT THE CUTTING EDGE IN THE INTERNATIONAL PANORAMA. THANKS TO ITS GENEROUS COMMITMENT AND ACTIVE PRESENCE IN THE CITY OF MILAN, THE ASSOCIATION HAS PROVIDED IN RECENT YEARS A VALUABLE CONTRIBUTION TO THE ADVANCEMENT OF STUDIES, RESEARCH AND NUMEROUS APPLICATIONS IN FAVOR OF DISABLED PEOPLE.
“IT WAS THE PASSION OF A YOUNG RESEARCHER THAT LAUNCHED AN INTERNATIONAL MISSION: CONTRIBUTING TO RESEARCH ON STEM CELLS FOR THE TREATMENT OF NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES. NEUROTHON IS THIS: SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND HUMAN GENEROSITY. THE OBJECTIVE OF THE ASSOCIATION IS TO OFFER HOPE TO THOSE WHO BELIEVE THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANY, WITH SPECIAL ATTENTION TO THE VALUE OF LIFE, TO THE CENTRALITY OF THE PERSON. AN RECOGNITION TO THE COMMITMENT THAT LOOKS TO THE PRESENT AND TO THE FUTURE, WITH THE AWARENESS THAT THE FUTURE OF MAN IS BORN FROM MAN".
“ART AS A SOCIAL SERVICE”, THIS IS THE MISSION OF THE MAPP – PAOLO PINI ART MUSEUM. BORN IN 1995, IT RECOVERED THE AREA OF THE FORMER PAOLO PINI PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL, TRANSFORMING IT INTO AN OUTDOOR CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM DEDICATED TO ART THERAPY. SO FAR THERE HAVE BEEN 140 INTERNATIONALLY FAMOUS ARTISTS WHO HAVE OFFERED THEIR CONTRIBUTION TO GIVING LIFE TO THE MUSEUM'S PERMANENT COLLECTION, IN MANY CASES INVOLVING PSYCHIATRIC USERS. THE GREAT COMMITMENT TO THE INTEGRATION OF SICK PEOPLE INTO SOCIETY THROUGH NEW FORMS OF TREATMENT HAS MADE THIS MUSEUM AN EXCEPTIONAL PLACE, WHERE ART CREATES OPPORTUNITIES FOR MEETING AND WORK BETWEEN ARTISTS AND PEOPLE AFFECTED BY PSYCHIC ILLNESS.
FOR OVER 20 YEARS THE NEIGHBORHOOD COMMITTEE OF SOCIAL HOUSES HAS BEEN A POINT OF REFERENCE FOR THE INHABITANTS OF QUARTO OGGIARO. EVERY DAY THIS GROUP OF VOLUNTEERS WORK WITHOUT RESERVATIONS FOR THE GOOD AND SAFETY OF CITIZENS, TO DEFEND LEGALITY AND DECORITY, TO GROW THE CULTURE OF RESPECT AND CIVIL COEXISTENCE OF ONE OF THE HISTORIC DISTRICTS OF MILAN. IT IS A CONCRETE CONTRIBUTION TO THE ACTIVITY OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION, CONSTANT WORK, CAPABLE OF INTERCEPTING NEW INSTANCES OF A CONTINUOUSLY EVOLVING SOCIAL FABRIC. ALWAYS ON THE FRONTLINE TO FIGHT UNUSUAL OCCUPATIONS AND FIGHT STREET CRIME, THE COMMITTEE FACES PROBLEMS WITH COURAGE AND DETERMINATION, IN THE NAME OF CIVIC SENSE AND PRIDE OF BELONGING TO MILAN.
“BORN IN 1957 FROM A SMALL GROUP OF VOLUNTEERS WHO TAXED THEMSELVES TO PURCHASE THE FIRST AMBULANCE, TODAY CARRY OUT THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF FIRST AID INTERVENTIONS IN MILAN AND THE HINTERLAND. FOR 50 YEARS HE HAS BEEN IN CONTACT EVERY DAY WITH THE SUFFERING, POVERTY AND DISCOMFORT OF OUR SOCIETY. ITS 200 MEMBERS DONATE, WITH GREAT ZEAL AND DISCRETION, THEIR HELP AND THEIR TIME TO CITIZENS IN NEED, WITH AN AVERAGE OF 70 THOUSAND HOURS A YEAR. THE ASSOCIATION IS ALSO ENGAGED IN THE EDUCATION OF YOUNG PEOPLE TO WHICH IT OFFERS SIGNIFICANT OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERSONAL GROWTH THROUGH THE COMPARISON WITH OFTEN DRAMATIC SITUATIONS. IN 1989 IT WAS RECOGNIZED BY A DECREE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE LOMBARDY REGION".
INSPIRED BY PRINCIPLES OF CHRISTIAN CHARITY AND HUMAN AND SOCIAL SOLIDARITY, THE SOS MILANO ASSOCIATION HAS ALWAYS MADE ITS EQUIPMENT AND HIGHLY STAFF AVAILABLE TO THE INSTITUTIONS WITH GREAT GENEROSITY QUALIFIED. AT THE SERVICE OF THE CITIZEN 1975 HOURS A DAY, THE SOS MILANO ASSOCIATION, IN ADDITION TO THE AID AND TRANSPORT OF THE SICK AND WOUNDED, IS DEDICATED TO VARIOUS SOCIAL ACTIVITIES SUCH AS THE ORGANIZATION OF FREE FIRST AID COURSES, HOME ASSISTANCE OF THE SICK , THE MARGINATED AND DISABLED AND SUPPORT FOR POPULATIONS AFFECTED BY NATURAL DISASTERS.
“SCHOOL IS THE WORLD, TEACHER IS EVERY NATURAL FACT AND EVERY MAN. YOU DON'T TEACH: YOU EXPERIMENT”: IN THESE WORDS OF GIUSEPPINA PIZZIGONI WE FIND ALL THE SPIRIT THAT FOR ALMOST A CENTURY HAS ANIMATED TEACHERS AND GUIDED THE PROGRAMS OF HIS RENEWED SCHOOL OF THE MONEY. THE TEACHING METHOD OF THIS HISTORIC MILAN INSTITUTION REPRESENTS ONE OF THE HIGHEST PEAKS OF RESEARCH AND INNOVATION BROUGHT TO THE WORLD OF SCHOOLING. THE ASSOCIATION JOINED THE SCHOOL IN 1933, WHICH IMMEDIATELY BECAME A MORAL INSTITUTION. STILL TODAY THE PIZZIGONI OPERA CONTINUES TO PROMOTE THE MODERNITY AND VALIDITY OF ITS METHOD AND ITS PROGRAMS THROUGH CONFERENCES, TRAINING AND REFRESHING COURSES. HIS MOTTO IS: “THE TEMPLE IS NATURE, PURPOSE IS TRUE, METHOD IS EXPERIENCE”.
“HISTORICAL MILAN LOCATION, THIS YEAR CELEBRATES A CENTURY OF LIFE. IT OPENED ITS DOORS IN THE PERIOD OF THE GREAT FUTURIST FERMENT, WELCOMING ARTISTS, INTELLECTUALS, WRITERS, JOURNALISTS, WORKERS AND POLITICIANS. AMONG ITS TABLES, WHICH HAVE ALWAYS ALTERNATED FAMOUS PEOPLE AND SIMPLE CITIZENS, ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF OUR CITY'S HISTORY HAVE PASSED. STILL TODAY, AMONG THE REGULARS WHO COME IN TO MAGENTA FOR A CAPUCCINO OR A BEER, THERE ARE NO LACK OF KNOWN FACES. THE ATMOSPHERE YOU CAN BREATHE INSIDE IS THAT OF THE OLD TIMES, WITH THE ORIGINAL FURNISHINGS, ART DECO STYLE, BY GHIRINGHELLI, THE SUGGESTIVE LIGHTS, THE ELEGANT GOLD WRITING ON A BLACK BACKGROUND OF THE ENTRANCE”.
THE JEWISH SCHOOL INSTITUTIONS IN MILAN BOAST AN ANCIENT TRADITION ORIENTED TO COMPLETE EDUCATION AND ATTENTIVE TO INNOVATION. THE EDUCATIONAL MODEL HAS BEEN ENRICHED OVER THE YEARS WITH NEW COURSES, CREATING AN EXTRAORDINARY ENVIRONMENT FOR TEACHING QUALITY AND FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION. THE PURPOSE HAS ALWAYS BEEN TO EDUCATE ACCORDING TO THE VALUES AND CULTURE OF JUDAISM, PARALLELLY OFFERING STUDY CYCLES IN LINE WITH THE MINISTERIAL PROGRAMS. AMONG THE SUBJECTS TAUGHT, IN ADDITION TO THE HEBREW LANGUAGE, THE BIBLE AND ITS COMMENTS, GREAT ATTENTION HAS BEEN PAID TO THE STUDY OF ALL ASPECTS OF INTEGRATION WITH THE MILAN AND NATIONAL CITY CONTEXT
“AMATEURS WITH THE SPIRIT OF PROFESSIONALS”, IS THIS THE MEMBERS OF THE ANTONIANUM CULTURAL CENTER DEFINE THEMSELVES. THE ASSOCIATION, PRESENT IN MILAN SINCE 1963 AND WHOSE STATUTE DATES BACK TO 1971, STARTED FROM THE EXPERIENCE OF A CHOIR AND A SMALL STRING ORCHESTRA AND THEN FOUNDED A MAGAZINE TO EXPAND ITS RADIUS OF INTERVENTION TO THE MANAGEMENT OF ONE OF THE RICHEST AND MOST POPULAR LIBRARIES IN THE CITY. MUSICAL AND LITERARY EVENTS MAKE IT A PRESTIGIOUS CULTURAL ASSOCIATION AND AN EXCELLENT YOUTH MEETING CENTER.
ACTIVE IN MILAN FOR OVER 30 YEARS, THE OUT OFF THEATER IS A LIVING REALITY IN THE CULTURAL PANORAMA OF THE CITY, A STAGE ATTENTIVE TO NEWS IN DRAMATURGY AND CONTEMPORARY ART. THE NAME ITSELF, OUT OFF, REVEALS THE ORIGINALITY OF A RESEARCH WHICH AIMS TO PROMOTE THE FREE EXPRESSION OF ARTISTS AND THEIR COMPLETE WORK OF KNOWLEDGE AND INTERPRETATION OF THE PRESENT. A MEETING PLACE OF DIFFERENT CULTURES, LANGUAGES AND SENSITIVITIES, THE ESSENTIALITY OF THE NEW HEADQUARTERS IN VIA MAC MAHON REFLECTS A POETIC PATH IN SEARCH OF A THEATER THAT BORN FROM GESTURES, VOICES AND EMOTIONS.
“THEIR AFFECTION AND THEIR TESTIMONY RECREATE IN OUR HEARTS THE ECHO OF A Harrowing TRAGEDY, WHICH AFFECTED OUR CITY IN THE LATEST WORLD CONFLICT. THANKS TO THEIR CONSISTENCY OF THEIR COMMITMENT, ON 20 OCTOBER EVERY YEAR THE MEMORY OF THE SUPREME SACRIFICE OF THE 205 CHILDREN, EDUCATORS AND ASSISTANTS OF THE 'FRANCESCO CRISPI' SCHOOL WHO FOUND DEATH UNDER THE ALLIED BOMBINGS IN 1944 IS HANDED DOWN. IN THEIR IMMENSE PAIN, THEY HAD THE STRENGTH TO UNITE AND BUILD A MONUMENT TO THEIR TENDER VICTIMS. NOW PASS ON TO THE CHILDREN THE TASK OF HONORING AND KEEPING THE MEMORY ALIVE FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS."